Grid Poet — 12 June 2026, 22:00

Wind leads at 21.4 GW but 12.8 GW net imports are needed as solar is absent and evening demand remains high.

Grid analysis Claude AI

At 22:00 on a mild June evening, Germany draws 51.5 GW against 38.7 GW of domestic generation, requiring approximately 12.8 GW of net imports. Wind onshore contributes 18.6 GW and offshore adds 2.8 GW, together providing over half of total generation despite moderate surface wind speeds—upper-level winds evidently remain productive. Solar is absent as expected at this hour. Brown coal runs at 6.2 GW, complemented by 3.4 GW of gas and 1.5 GW of hard coal, reflecting the need for dispatchable thermal capacity to backstop the import-dependent evening load. The day-ahead price of 111.1 EUR/MWh is elevated, consistent with the tight supply-demand balance and reliance on cross-border flows.

Grid poem Claude AI

Beneath a starless vault of cloud, the turbines hum their tireless hymn while coal fires glow in ancient towers, burning through the hours where sunlight never comes. The grid stretches its sinews across borders unseen, borrowing the night's missing megawatts from distant lands.

Generation mix

Wind onshore 48%

Wind offshore 7%

Solar 0%

Biomass 11%

Hydro 5%

Natural gas 9%

Hard coal 4%

Brown coal 16%

71%

Renewable share

21.4 GW

Wind (on + offshore)

0.0 GW

Solar

38.7 GW

Total generation

-12.8 GW

Net import

111.1 €/MWh

Day-ahead price

15.9°C / 7 km/h

Temp / Wind speed

Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)

100.0% / 0.0 W/m²

Cloud cover / Radiation

204

gCO₂/kWh

Image prompt

Wind onshore 18.6 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and detailed nacelles receding across rolling green hills into darkness; wind offshore 2.8 GW appears as a distant cluster of turbines on a dark horizon line suggesting the North Sea. Brown coal 6.2 GW occupies the left foreground as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the overcast night sky, lit from below by orange sodium lights of a sprawling lignite plant with conveyor belts and stockpiles. Natural gas 3.4 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT facility with a single tall exhaust stack and a glowing turbine hall, positioned center-left with warm industrial lighting. Hard coal 1.5 GW appears as a smaller power station behind the gas plant, its single rectangular chimney emitting a thin plume. Biomass 4.2 GW is depicted as a mid-sized industrial facility with cylindrical silos and a modest smokestack, situated among trees at center-right. Hydro 2.0 GW appears as a concrete dam structure in the middle distance with illuminated spillway. TIME: 22:00 in June — fully dark, black sky with no twilight, no sky glow, complete 100% cloud cover so no stars or moon visible; the sky is an oppressive blanket of deep charcoal-grey cloud faintly lit by the industrial glow below. All structures are illuminated only by artificial light: sodium-orange streetlights, white LED floodlights on plant buildings, warm glowing windows. The atmosphere feels heavy, dense, slightly hazy from the elevated price signal. Mild 16°C early summer — lush green vegetation on the hills visible in the spill of artificial light, full leafy deciduous trees. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painting — rich impasto brushwork, atmospheric chiaroscuro, deep tonal range from warm industrial oranges to cold night blues, meticulous engineering accuracy on each turbine nacelle, cooling tower curvature, and gas stack detail. No text, no labels.

Grid data: 12 June 2026, 22:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-06-12T20:21 UTC · Download image